(a) For the purposes of this section, “municipal official” means the chief of police of the municipality, or if there is no police department, the chief executive officer of the municipality, where the bazaar or raffle is to be conducted.

(b) Any organization desiring to operate a bazaar or raffle in a municipality which has adopted the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, shall make application, duly executed and verified, to the municipal official on a form to be prescribed by the municipal official. The form shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the bazaar or raffle to be conducted and any other information which the municipal official reasonably requires for the protection of the public. In each application there shall be designated three active members of the applicant under whom the bazaar or raffle described in the application is to be held, operated and conducted and to the application shall be appended a statement signed, under penalty of false statement, by such members so designated that they are residents of this state and will be responsible for the holding, operation and conduct of such bazaar or raffle in accordance with the terms of the permit and the provisions of said sections, and that the statements contained in the application are, to the best of their knowledge and belief, true.

(1955, S. 296d; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 60; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 86-419, S. 8, 25; P.A. 89-214, S. 4, 26; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 3, 59; P.A. 11-8, S. 3; 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 13-196, S. 8; P.A. 14-24, S. 1; P.A. 15-60, S. 1; P.A. 17-231, S. 7.)

History: 1971 act substituted “false statement” for “perjury”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 86-419 substituted executive director of division of special revenue for commissioner of public safety, effective October 1, 1987; P.A. 89-214 required police chief or first selectman to forward original copy of application to executive director who shall review application to determine qualifications of applicant to hold, operate and conduct a bazaar or raffle; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 required that application for “Class No. 7” permit be made to executive director of division of special revenue; P.A. 11-8 substituted “chief executive officer” for “first selectman”, effective May 24, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” and “executive director” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-196 made technical changes and replaced provision re applicant members being electors of the municipality in which permit is sought with provision re such members being residents of this state, effective June 21, 2013; P.A. 14-24 replaced provision re application being made to chief of police or chief executive officer with provision re application being made to Commissioner of Consumer Protection, required commissioner to forward duplicate copy of application to chief of police or chief executive officer, required application for “Class No. 7” permit to be retained by commissioner and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 15-60 deleted duplicate application provisions and Class No. 7 permit retention requirement; P.A. 17-231 added new Subsec. (a) re definition of “municipal official”, designated existing provisions re organization desiring to operate bazaar or raffle as Subsec. (b) and amended same to replace references to Commissioner of Consumer Protection with references to municipal official, delete Subdivs. (1) to (11) re statements in form prescribed by commissioner, add provision re form to include description of bazaar or raffle, delete provision re commissioner to forward application to chief of police or chief executive officer of municipality, effective January 1, 2018.